Long wavelength InAs/InGaSb infrared detectors: Optimization of carrier lifetimes
- 15 December 1995
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 78 (12), 7143-7152
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.360422
Abstract
The performance characteristics of type‐II InAs/InxGa1−xSb superlattices for long and very long‐wave infrared detection are discussed. This system promises benefits in this wavelength range over conventional technology based on Hg1−xCdxTe, in part because of suppressed band‐to‐band Auger recombination rates which lead to improved values of detectivity. The formalism for calculating Auger rates in superlattices is developed and the physical origin of Auger suppression in these systems is discussed. Accurate K⋅p band structures are used to obtain radiative, electron–electron, hole–hole, and band‐to‐band Auger rules, as well as shallow trap level assisted Auger recombination rates for photodiodes. Theoretical limits for high temperature operation of ideal photovoltaic detectors are presented and compared with HgCdTe.Keywords
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